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🟢 Actively Hiring · Posted 25d ago ⏳ Closes in 66 days UK Corridor 🛡️ UK Work Eligibility 🏢 FULL_TIME

Payroll Assistant

Salary Range
£30,000 - £38,000
£2,500 - £3,167 / mo

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Location Base
London, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

We require Payroll Assistants to become part of a team for a rapidly growing and dynamic Payroll Company.

In the role you will be part of a team responsible for paying agency operatives, supporting the delivery of an excellent payroll service to all clients.

This is a fast paced, demanding role that will require those able to offer flexibility and to work well under pressure, whilst maintaining a high attention to detail

Role Purpose

  • Ensure all operatives are paid accurately and on time
  • Provide an exceptional level of customer service
  • Contribute to the development of the function's processes and procedures, supporting change and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

  • As part of a dedicated team take ownership and responsibility for delivering payroll on a timely basis.
  • Processing New Starters, Leavers, Timesheets, Statutory Payments, Termination Payments, Costing. Running reports, analysing and sanity checking.
  • Ensure payroll remains internally and externally compliant.
  • Meet Shareholders and Auditors expectations in relation to governance of pay. Have the ability and confidence to challenge in a professional and constructive manner.
  • Ensure third party suppliers are serviced efficiently to deadlines.
  • Contribute to the general housekeeping and administrative duties to ensure department remains efficient, effective, and professional

Key Skills

  • CIPP qualified (Diploma level) preferred
  • Manual calculation capability
  • IT literate, able to manage automated processing from Project, through Payroll to Finance
  • Experience of paying medium/large transient workforce
  • Manage complexities of different Working Rule Agreements/TUPE/Pension/Unions
  • Problem solving skills
  • Able to work methodically, logically, and tidily
  • Must be a contributor to change and able to drive innovation and progress
  • Excel to minimum of intermediate standard
  • Good communication skills
  • Able to build and maintain good customer relationships
  • Ability to challenge professionally
  • Strong operational work ethic - robust - hands on - can do - delivery paramount
  • Good personal presentation

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £30,000.00-£38,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Flexitime
  • Work from home

Schedule:

  • 10 hour shift
  • 8 hour shift
  • Flexitime

Supplemental pay types:

  • Bonus scheme
  • Commission pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

  • Payroll: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide

Corridor Intelligence

Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

Candidate Preparation Blueprint: General

Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Payroll Assistant roles across Atlantic Payroll Solutions's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £30,000 - £38,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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